CloCkWeRX: It looks as though EAN-International and the UCC have merged into one global bodyCloCkWeRX: The EAN-Int was the European agency for EAN related barcodes, while the UCC maintained the US UPC barcode systemCloCkWeRX: They are still working out the details, but version three of their distributed supply chain metadata system (GEPIR) is in the worksCloCkWeRX: See also: http://forums.ean.se/gepir/default.aspxCloCkWeRX: GEPIR has an emphasis on publically available information via web services... so now with the merging into one 'global' barcoding system, I can finally annotate the contents of my fridge with some reliability :)CloCkWeRX: Yay